Isaiah 43

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3

God the Savior. "I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour." As we know God, he is a Triune Being—Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and Scripture traces the whole work of salvation to God thus apprehended. Salvation is not the work of one Person of the Trinity, but the work of the whole personality of God. This is the truth which may be unfolded from the expression in this text. I. SALVATION IS THE WORK OF THE DIVINE TRINITY . This is variously taught in Holy... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3-7

The goodness of God to man. The abounding grace of God to the children of men is brought out very strikingly here. It is seen in— I. THE HIGH PURPOSE FOR WHICH HE CREATES US . "I have created him for my glory." There is no end so lofty in itself and so elevating in its influence for which God could have made mankind as this. It is for this, primarily, that the very highest intelligences in the heavenly spheres have their being. II. THE PROFOUND INTEREST HE ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:4

Since thou wast precious . "Since" probably means "from the time that" ( LXX ; ἀφ οὗ ), not "because," as Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne render. Israel became "precious" from the time that the promise was given to Jacob that in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed ( Genesis 28:14 ). Thenceforward God placed the interests of Israel above those of "men" generally, and markedly above those of any other "people." People ; rather, peoples— as Mizraim, Cush, Seba ( ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:5

Fear not: for I am with thee (comp. Isaiah 41:10 ). I will bring thy seed from the east … from the west . The actual extent of the Jewish diaspora in Isaiah's day has been greatly exaggerated by some modern critics, who say that there were at that date "bands of Jewish exiles in the far lands of the Mediterranean, and even in China" (Cheyne). Israel had been carried captive into Mesopotamia and into Media ( 2 Kings 17:6 ; 1 Chronicles 5:26 ), perhaps, also, into other regions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:6

Bring my sons . The nations are called upon, not merely to "let Israel go," but to conduct and escort them from the places of their abode to their own country. (On the need of such escort, see Ezra 8:22 , Ezra 8:31 . On the actual furnishing of an escort in one case by a Persian king, see Nehemiah 2:7 , Nehemiah 2:8 .) read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:7

Every one that is called by my name . The very name of "Israel" meant "prince of God," or "soldier of God," and thus every Israelite was "called by God's name." Israelites were also known among the nations as Jehovah-worshippers (see the Moabite Stone, line 18). I have created … formed … made him (comp. Isaiah 43:1 ). "The three verbs describe the process of formation from the first rough cutting to the perfecting of the work" (Cheyne). The third verb would, perhaps, be best translated.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:7

Man made for the glory of God. The great end of all creation is God's glory. Not that this is to be understood in such sort as that God was moved to create by the desire of getting glory thereby, for nothing could enlarge or enhance that glory which he had from all eternity, before even the angels were brought into being. The motive of God's external working, if we may use the expression, was his goriness, or benevolence, which caused him to seek to communicate his own blessedness and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:8

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes . A tribunal is supposed to have been prepared, before which the contending parties are summoned to appear and plead. Israel is first summoned, as "a blind people that have eyes;" i.e. a people long blind ( Isaiah 29:18 ; Isaiah 35:5 ; Isaiah 42:7 , Isaiah 42:18 , Isaiah 42:19 ), who have now, to some extent, recovered their sight ( Isaiah 32:3 ; Isaiah 35:5 ), and are ready to witness for God. Next, the nations are summoned (see... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:8-11

Witnesses for God and against him. On the side of God, witnesses for him, assertors of his existence, his unity, his omnipotence, his providential direction of human affairs, are— II. HIS CHURCH IN ALL AGES , WHETHER JEWISH OR CHRISTIAN . 1 . It was the object of God, in calling the Israelites and tasking them his "peculiar people," to secure the result that he should not be "left without witness" ( Acts 14:17 ). Monotheists from the first, the children of Israel... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:8-13

A RENEWED CHALLENGE TO THE NATIONS . The nations are once more challenged (comp. Isaiah 41:1 , Isaiah 41:21-26 ) to set forth the claims of their gods against those of Jehovah. Israel is summoned on the one hand ( Isaiah 43:8 ); the nations on the other ( Isaiah 43:9 ). What prophecy can the nations produce, either old or new? The Israelites can abundantly witness on behalf of Jehovah ( Isaiah 43:10 ). Jehovah adds a further witness of himself ( Isaiah 43:11-13 ). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:8-13

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